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MESH CLEANING ATTACHMENT FOR BOLTING REELS. No. 320,690.

Patented June 23, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

LEVIS V. RATHBUN, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK.

MESH-CLEANING ATTACHMENT FOR BOLTlNG-REELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,690, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed March 3, 15S-i. (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg/ concern:

Beit known that I, LEWIs V. RATHBUN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Mesh-Cleaning Attachments for Bolting-Reels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of one end of a bolting-reel and an elevation of the attachment connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the'reelshaft in line :c x, Fig. 2, and an elevation of the attachment. Fig. 4 is a cross-section in line y y, Fig. 1, showing the washers for adj usting the gear-wheel out and in, the same being on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a section of the gear-wheel shaft. j

My improvement relates to means for operating whipping-cords in a bolting-reel for the purpose of clearing the meshes of the cloth, and in general arrangement is similar to that shown in my patent of August 28, 1877, No. 194,533.

The invention consists in an arrangement of parts for giving an intermittent snapping action to the cords, as hereinafter described and Claimed.

In the drawings, A shows the reel, which is of ordinary forni and construction. B B are the whipping-cords on the inner side of the reel, one end being attached fast in place, the

' other end being attached to spring-bolts C C,

which rest in cases a a in the rim of the reel and project outward and operate in connection with the attachment, as hereinafter described.

D is a bearing in the form of a plate, which stands vertically on the bridge-tree E, and is rigidly attached thereto. G is a segment, which rests above the bearing, and is pivoted or hinged at its lower ends at b b, Fig. 3, to the bearing, so as to swing in and out toward and from the reel.

H is a cani-plate pivoted at c to the swinging segment so as to turn up and down. This cam-plate is convex on its edges and brought to a point at its upper end, and it is also wedge-shaped in the direction of its length, the thickest end being at the point just described.

I is a spur gear-wheel having its pivot in the fixed bearing D, and K is a spur-gear with which it engages, also having its pivot n the same bearing-plate. The pinion is made considerably thicker than the gear-wheel, to allow the gear-wheel to be adjusted out and in and still keep its engagement.

cl is a wedge-shaped cam on the inner face oft-he rim of the gear-wheel, andf is a lug attached to the top of the cam-plate H, which projects over and embraces the top of the swinging segment G and rests against the cam d. It will be seen that as the spur-wheel I is turned the cam cl will strike the lug f and force it backward, carrying the segment-plate G and cam-plate H toward the reel, and when the cam has passed the lug` said parts will be drawn back again by a spring, g, which connects the segment with a fixed standard, h, Fig. 2.

k is the shaft on which the spur-pinion K rests. This shaft passes inward through a sleeve, Z, and has on its inner end an arm, L, which projects at right angles across and above the reel-shaft M. On the reel-shaft is a cam, N, which at every revolution of the shaft strikes the arm L and raises it.

On the outer end of the shaft isa crank-arm, m, Fig. 4, to the outer end of which is'pivoted a weighted pawl, a, which engages with the teeth of the pinion. arm L lnotion is imparted to the pinion through the medium ofthe shaft la, crank-arm m, and pawl n.

o is a detent, which also engages with the teeth of the pinion and holds the latter against back action.

The operation is as follows: At each revolution of the reel motion will be impart o the gearing. around in contactwith the lugf, the segmentplate G and its cam-plate H will be thrown forward toward the reel, and in that condition the ends of the spring-bolts C C will strike the wedging face of the cam-plate, and in riding up will be depressed, thus slacking the whipping-cords, and as soon as the abrupt end of the cam-plate is reached the bolts will spring out again, thus snapping the cords against the inside of the cloth, thus clearing the meshes. As soon as the cam d has passed the lug the segment and cam plate spring back again, so

At every npstroke of the l When the cam d is brought IOO that the spring-bolts run clear of the camplate, in which case no whipping action is produced, but the cords lie inactive.

By the means above described an intermittent action of the Whipping-cords is produced, operating only when the cam and lug are in engagement and at other times lying inactive. This is one great object of my invention, as a constant action of the cords is too severe, wearing the cloth and breaking the cords; but sufficient whipping action is produced to keep the meshes clear. This is graded by the size of the cam on the gear-wheel. To give more action to the whipping-cords, a longer cam may be used, or two or more of them may be used.

p shows a counter-weight on the opposite side of the gear-wheel from the cam. If desired this counter-weight can be removed and a second cam substituted in its place.

In case of back action of the reel at any time the spring-bolts will strike against the cam-plate H and raise it on its pivot, as shown at the right in Fig. 3 by dotted lines, and when raised to a certain height the springbolt will escape past the cam-plate without injury. By this means no harm can occur from back turning of the reel. Vhen the cam plate is so raised, it falls back to its place as soon as the spring-bolt has passed, and in falling the wedging lower end of the lugf causes it to enter between the segment and cam in proper position again.

In Figs. l, 2, and 5 s s show forked washers which fit on the journal u of the gear- 'wheel I, and by which said wheel may be adjustcd out or in. This is for the purpose of giving more or less throw to the segment to produce more or less throw of the spring-bolts on the cam-plate G and cam-plate H, to produce more or less action of the snapping-cords. As the wheel is moved forward 'or back it will be seen that a corresponding action 'will be given to the other parts. The wheel keeps in engagement with the pinion at all times by 1reason of the extra thickness of the latter.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a bolting-reel, the combination, with the reel, the cords, and the spring-bolts, of a segment-plate pivoted at its bottom to turn toward and from the end of the reel, a wedging cam-plate pivoted to the segment and moving forward and back with it, and mechanism for giving an intermittent forward and back motion to the segment and cam plate as the reel revolves, as set forth.

2. In a bolting-rcel, the combination, with the reel, the cord, and the spring-bolts, of a segment-plate pivoted at its bottom to turntoward and from the end of the reel,a wedgeshaped cam-plate pivoted to the segment and moving forward and back with it, a gear-wheel which receives motion by the revolution of the reel-shaft, and a cam on the gear-wheel and a lug on the cam-plate,which, by one striking the other, impart the rocking movement to the segment, as set forth.

3. In abolting-reel, the combination, with the reel, the cords, andthe spring-bolts, of the pivoted segment, the wedge-shaped segment, the gear-wheel, the cam on the gear-wheel engaging with the lug on the cam-plate, the pinion engaging with the gear-wheel, and mechanism connecting the pinion with the reel-shaft, whereby motion is imparted to the gearing, as set forth.

4. In a bolting-reel, the combination, with the reel, the cords, and the spring-bolts,of the segment pivoted at its lower end, the camplate pivoted to the segment, the gear-wheel provided with a cam which engages with the lug on the ca1n-plate, the pinion engaging with the gear-wheel, the pawl for giving motion to the pinion, the shaft of the crank to which the pawl is attached extending into the reel,and the arm attached to the shaft and operated upon by a cam on the reel-shaft, as herein set forth.

5. In a bolting-reel, the combination, with the reel and means for striking the reel-cloth, of the gear-wheel I, the cam d, the pinion K, made of greater thickness than the gear-wheel, and the forked washers s s on the `journal of the gear-wheel for adjusting the latter out and in, as set forth.

In testmonywhereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS V. RATHBUN. Vitn esses:

P. A. Cos'rIoH, R. F. OsGooD. 

